https://www.nsvrc.org/blogs/setting-boundaries-holidays-during-pandemic
Nov 23, 2020
With the holiday season coming up, and a new wave of the COVID-19 pandemic spreading, it’s an important time to talk about setting boundaries with loved ones. The ways in which holiday and family traditions must change this year is a loss that each of us is coping with differently. The pandemic has made the role of boundaries in our daily lives and relationships more tangible than ever — properly wearing a mask, maintaining a six-foot distance from others, canceling in-person activities, and avoiding groups and public places. Each of us is making decisions on a daily basis to
https://www.nsvrc.org/blogs/20-events-shaped-sexual-violence-prevention-last-20-years
Nov 13, 2020
Since our opening in 2000, NSVRC has served as a hub for advocates, researchers, and educators who are on the frontlines to support survivors and build communities free of sexual assault, harassment, and abuse. Twenty years later, we continue to offer the latest resources on preventing sexual violence through services like our library's continually growing collection of 47,000 resources, free online courses on sexual assault advocacy, and our new podcast, Resource on the Go.
We know that our mission could not see progress without the contributions and actions of countless individuals,
https://www.nsvrc.org/blogs/self-care-times-distress-and-continuous-crisis
Nov 05, 2020
For many of us, uncertainty and a lack of control trigger feelings of unsafety. Yet in the face of multiple pandemics and an explosive political season, these difficult emotions are an all too familiar baseline. More so, when we are surrounded by escalating risks and panic — ranging from fear for the health of ourselves and loved ones, financial uncertainty, and social unrest — it becomes increasingly difficult to be fully aware of the toll of these threats to the safety of our health, financial well-being, and community on our bodies and minds.
For anyone with a trauma history,
https://www.nsvrc.org/blogs/measurement-tool-menu-evaluating-coalition-building
Oct 29, 2020
By December Lange Treacy, MS
Assistant Project Director and Program Evaluator at STEPs at the University of Nebraska at Omaha
Support and Training for the Evaluation of Programs (STEPs) evaluates the Rape Prevention & Education (RPE) program in Nebraska, which is funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The contents of this post are solely the responsibility of the author and do not necessarily represent the official views of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or the Department of Health and Human Services.
Recently, a prevention educator and I were
https://www.nsvrc.org/blogs/5-banned-books-gender-identity-sexuality-and-womens-rights
Sep 28, 2020
In the library world, we believe in the right to read and the freedom to choose what we want to read. Banned Books Week (September 27th— October 3rd) brings together those working in the world of books and literacy under a common goal: the freedom to seek and to express ideas, even those that might be unorthodox or unpopular. Within the 10 most challenged books of 2019, I can proudly say that the Respect Together library collections hold five of those books in our collections.
George by Alex Gino tells the story of George, a girl whose sex was assigned male at birth. George thinks she’ll
https://www.nsvrc.org/blogs/press-releases/longtime-treatment-provider-and-collaborator-david-damora-receive-national
Sep 03, 2020
PRESS RELEASE: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Harrisburg, PA — The National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC) and the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers (ATSA) are pleased to honor David D’Amora with the 2020 Gail Burns-Smith Award. David is known for building relationships between criminal justice agencies, treatment providers, and victim advocates. He is currently a Senior Policy Advisor with the Council of State Governments Justice Center.
Presented jointly by ATSA and NSVRC, this award is named in honor of Gail Burns-Smith, one of the first advocates who recognized and spoke
https://www.nsvrc.org/blogs/combing-through-my-covid-hair-aces-research
Sep 01, 2020
I remember where I was when I first heard about adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), or potentially traumatic events that occur in childhood and can impact future violence victimization and perpetration as well as lifelong health. It was the late 1990s, my combat boots were as worn out as my purple hair, and I was working at a sexual assault prevention program on a college campus. I held onto the boots for many more years, but this research helped me to let go of old thinking about healing from sexual harm and talk about the link between childhood trauma and adult health in new
https://www.nsvrc.org/blogs/making-connection-sexual-violence-and-oppression-infographic
Aug 13, 2020
We know that how we communicate about sexual violence and health inequities matters. We also know that certain groups of people are at higher risk for sexual violence, and that those same people are also the most impacted by inequitable systems and oppression in our society. NSVRC has released an infographic on the connections between sexual violence and all forms of oppression.
By providing a guide to framing these realities, we can better understand how to contextualize information and statistics so the connection between oppression and sexual violence is clear. We hope this infographic
https://www.nsvrc.org/blogs/five-takeaways-first-ever-completely-virtual-sexual-assault-awareness-month
Aug 11, 2020
On this episode of Resource on the Go, we discuss how this year's Sexual Assault Awareness Month drastically changed due to COVID-19 and the broader takeaways we can all continue to apply to our prevention and outreach work. Topics covered: why all our work should be accessible, Black Lives Matter and its connection with sexual violence prevention, the importance of vulnerability in our work, and continuing the momentum of change in outreach strategies going forward.
Listen to Resource on the Go Episode 3: Five Takeaways from the First-Ever Completely Virtual Sexual Assault Awareness Month
https://www.nsvrc.org/blogs/lessons-learned-implementing-green-dot-community
Aug 05, 2020
On this episode of Resource on the Go, NSVRC's Evaluation Coordinator Sally Laskey talks with Dr. Victoria Banyard, Professor and Associate Director at the Center on Violence Against Women and Children, Rutgers School of Social Work, and Robin P. Christopherson, the Executive Director of MCVP Crisis and Prevention Center, to discuss what they have learned in a CDC-funded research project to evaluate Green Dot Community.
Listen to Resource on the Go Episode 2: Lessons Learned from Implementing Green Dot Community
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